I try to launch Firefox over SSH, using
ssh -X user@hostname
and then
firefox -no-remote
but it's very very slow.
How can I fix this? Is it a connection problem?
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I try to launch Firefox over SSH, using
ssh -X user@hostname
and then
firefox -no-remote
but it's very very slow.
How can I fix this? Is it a connection problem?
Best Answer
The default ssh settings make for a pretty slow connection. Try the following instead:
The options used are:
The main point here is to use a different encryption cypher, in this case arcfour which is faster than the default, and to compress the data being transferred.
NOTE: I am very, very far from an expert on this. The command above is what I use after finding it on a blog post somewhere and I have noticed a huge improvement in speed. I am sure the various commenters below know what they're talking about and that these encryption cyphers might not be the best ones. It is very likely that the only bit of this answer that is truly relevant is using the
-C
switch to compress the data being transferred.